Titulo: Los Olvidados

Saturday, April 21, 2018
Voyage To The Land Of Speaking Blood: Part One
Los Olvidados - de Luis Buñuel 
Tickets: $15 General / $13 VPES Members

An evening screening featuring the Los Angeles Premiere of both the canonical and alternate ending of the film, a presentation on the works of  Luis Buñuel & "Noche en Mexico" Fiesta co-hosted by the Luis Buñuel Film Institute. 

 

7:00 P.M. - Garden Reception & Touristic Tableaux Photo Studio
7:35 P.M. -  Program Welcome in Theatre

7:45 P.M. - Overview of  Buñuel's work in Mexico
8:00 P.M. - "Noche en Mexico" Fiesta in Back Patio w/ DJ LANCE ROCK
8:30 P.M. - Los Olvidados Screening with both endings
    

In 1950 Luis Buñuel won the Best Director award at Cannes and the Arial award for Best Director (Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas) for Los Olvidados. Yet, this film caused controversy for its depiction of a brutal group of street kids living in urban poverty. This film has two endings and tonight, for the first time in Los Angeles, the "Alternate Ending" will be screened alongside the canonical version of the film. 

Voyage To The Land of Speaking Blood is a three-part series at the Velaslavasay Panorama exploring themes of tourism, documentary, surrealism & archaeology in Mexican cinema.
 

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Friday, May 11th, 2018
"Tertium non datur" Megan Koester Live Comedy
Free with RSVP to rsvp@aspecialthing.com
Two Shows: 8:00 P.M. & 10:00 P.M.

An Album Recording for Megan Koester on AST Records, hosted by Andy Kindler. 
 

Our long national nightmare is over: Megan Koester (insert basic cable credits here) is recording a live album for Aspecialthingrecords at the Velaslavasay Panorama on Friday, May 11th. With two shows, 8PM and 10PM, you have the freedom to choose if you'd like to attend before or after your Postmates shift. Meta legend Andy Kindler ("Everybody Loves Raymond") will be taking time out of his busy schedule of arguing with neocons on Twitter to host.

RSVP required - email rsvp@aspecialthing.com with the time you'd like to attend as soon as humanly possible. Limited walk up tickets will be available day of show.

 

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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Voyage To The Land Of Speaking Blood: Part Two
Ruins & Magnavoz - a 16mm Screening with Jesse Lerner
Tickets: $15 General / $13 VPES Members
Doors 7:30 P.M. / Screening begins 8:00 P.M.

Two 16mm films by documentary filmmaker, curator, and writer Jesse Lerner. Projection by filmmaker and archivist John Cannizzaro of Smokehouse Films.
 

Ruins
By Jesse Lerner
1999, 16mm,  b/w, 78 minutes

Surveying representative moments from the history of Mesoamerican antiquarianism, this experimental documentary suggests how diplomacy and Pan-Americanism framed the recontexualization of archeological objects as art. 

Magnavoz
By Jesse Lerner
2006, 16 mm b/w, 25 min. 33 sec.

Magnavoz is an experimental adaptation of Xavier Icaza’s speculative rant on the future of post-revolutionary Mexico. Magnavoz es una adaptación experimental de una diatriba que especula sobre lo que fue el futuro del México de la posrevolución. 

Voyage To The Land of Speaking Blood is a three-part series at the Velaslavasay Panorama exploring themes of tourism, documentary, surrealism & archaeology in Mexican cinema.
 

 

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Friday, May 18, 2018
13th Ever LA Old Time Social
Tickets: $20 General Admission / $18 current V.P.E.S. Members
Doors 7:30 P.M.  /  Program Begins: 8:00 P.M.

- advance reservations strongly recommended -

The Velaslavasay Panorama welcomes back the L.A. Old Time Social for its 13th ever musical variety Friday Night Concert.
 

This year features performances by:
Echo Mountain (Los Angeles)
Richie & Rosie (New York)
Ozark Highballers (Arkansas)

PLUS:
House Band – David Bragger & Susan Platz

And a very special Crankie performance by Angelina Elise to the tune Do as You Please, Just Come Back to Me by Skillet Licorice

The "Voyage to the Land of Speaking Blood" series is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

 

The Velaslavasay Panorama
1122 W. 24th Street LA, CA 90007
www.panoramaonview.org
event@panoramaonview.org
(213) 746-2166